Omaha daily bee., 1887-12-17
THE CONGRESSIONAL RECESS.
It Will Probably Take Place Next
Thursday For the Holidays.
NEBRASKA LAND CASE DECISIONS
Two OF Them Passed Upon by Acting
Secretary Multirow More About
the Theater Sensation-Raii.
road Discrimination.
A Passage.at.Arms.
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WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 16
Congress will take its holiday recess on
| Thursday of next week, and will rcconvcnc
| on Wednesday, January 4. The house
adopted joint resolution to this effect to-day,
| and, as it is the usual thing, there is no
| doubt but the senate will concur when it
meets on Monday. The house adjourned
| over till Monday next when the senate also
will be in session. Neither body is expected
to do any actual business until after the boli-
| days. The house committees will not be an
| nounced before January, and until they are
organized the work will be inconscquential.
| The only life at the capital to-day was IN the
| sharp speeches of Mr.. Reed, of Maine, who
is the republican leader of the house, and
| Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri, on the democratic
side, over concurrent resolution offered by
| the latter, providing for an adjournment of
congress from Monday next to January 5.
| Mr. Reed charged the democrats, in bitter,
| sarcastic language, with criminal waste of
| time in which Mr.. Hatch, in his reply, said
| the republicans had blocked all efforts to i'm
| prove time and relieve the country by tariff
| reform.
| DECISIONS IN NEBRASKA LAND CASES.
Acting Secretary Muldrow, in the absence
| of Secretary Lamar from the interior depart
| ment, is grinding out a good many decisions
| in Nebraska land cases which have been APP
| pealed. To-day he sent to the acting land
| commissioner modified confirmation of the
| decision of the latter officer IN the case of
Nancy Bowman VS. Jerry Griffin. involving
the n. e. 4 of section II, tp g. n. c. range
| 30, west of the McCoOk district, The acting
| secretary decides that neither Royman nor
| C,n;s,r :. o,,.;.,.. ~ ~, ,a.,s y. Nv
E,.'in =. .n'''eu W 'ne ia','i' no' 10 any ohe
else ehtitled 10 prior ehtry 10 the land
In the case of Van Gordon VS. Joseph w.
| Ems, in which the land commissioner decided
| to reject the final proof of Ems and held for
cancellation the filing the n. a of the s. a
| of section TO-, township 3 H. e. r. 23, West
Bloomington land district, the secretary finds
that Ems has not acted in good faith, that
| he never established residence on the land
| with the intention of making it his home, and
that his pretended transfer Of his homestead
| to his brother was for the purpose of qualify
| ing himself to make the affidavit necessary
| in such cases." and therefore his final proof
| is rejected and his filing cancelled. The de-
| Cision of the land commissioner is affirmed.
THE SENSATION AT THE THEATER.
Miss Lucy Rhett Horton, whose sensa-
tional actions at Albaugh's theater last night
| wired the BEE, was examined by Dr. b. j.
| Poole at the station house to-day, and he gave
it as his opinion that steps should be taken to
secure proper treatment for her at the insane
| asylum. 1t Is feared by the police officials
| that she lniget, if she goes at liberty, attempt
to shoot Senator Morgan. Lieutenant Amiss
says she is much embittered against the SEN
ator on account of the part he took in uphold
| ing his son at the time of the shooting affair
referred to. She talks about it considerably
| and the lieutenant thinks that in some crazy
moment she might attempt to shoot him.
| Lucy Horton. who is probably twenty-four
| years old, made hoi' first appearance in Wash
ington in 1850, introducing herself in rather
| startling manner. She had come from her
| home in Alabama following John Morgan,
| son of the senator, from Alabama, whom she
charged with having betrayed her. She met
| young Morgan one evening at dusk on the
street and shot at him. The ball struck him
| in the shoulder and did not iniict serious
injury. Miss Horton was arrested but the
charge against her was never pushed.
| She was said to be insane, and spent some
| time under treatment at ST Elizabeth Many
persons befriended her. and she secured a
| position in the postotfice department which
| she still holds. Since then John Morgan has
met tragic fate. He was drowned in the
| Potomac above West Washington year ago
| last summer, together with young woman.
| by the upsetting of u canoe. This morning
| she was excited and refused to leave the
| station, having the impression that she had
| been arrested. On the blotter of the station
| "insanity'' is written opposite her name
Miss Horton, when she shot young Morgan
was a slender wisp of girl. The Miss Hor-
ton of to day is quite plump She was at
| tired in a dark blue dress with deep red trim
mings. Her face IS full, but was very pale
| to-day, and her dark hair is cut short
at was an outrage she said 81 think
| John Morgan on George Morgan got them to
| do it,"
"Were you not i'll at the theater!" was
asked
mo. was not. had been looking at the
| play and was amused. When that man shot
| the woman l turned to my companion and
said: Il do not like to see such things, even on
| the stage. wonder what play this is and
then i turned to look at my programme.
turning so the light would fall on it, and |
could see the name of the play. As did that
two brutes seized me and was brought here
will not leave here until this matter has
been inyeStigated.n
Miss Horten, it was thought, gave way
under the strain upon her overwrought
nerves, due to the emotional character of the
play, and the to her especially suggestive
scene in which the pistol played part. Miss
| Horton, during times of excitement this
morning, asked for pistol and seemed in
| tent on doing damage either to herself or
others. She has been lodging in the house of
MIR. Lawrence, No. 1903 G street, and he in
formed Lieutenant Amlss that her actions
had been strange for several weeks. She has
been under the care of the police before, and
Lieutenant Amiss expressed the opinion that
suffered effects IN